It's been a hard year...an even harder summer but I have got to get on with things and I am going to start this weekend by trying to get the allotment in order.
The weather has been weird but my crops have grown although I got few sown this year. I have many wonderful crops which I want to grow next year though!!
The bees are doing okay, I recently lost a queen in one of the hives but did have a nuc which I was able to merge with them so I now have two strong hives for the winter. They didn't produce much honey this year with the weird weather and I am now feeding them to give them an extra boost before the cold sets in.
We had a nice holiday this year and it was a welcome break. We went to the coast and it was the first time Trojan and Louie had seen the beach and the sea...they loved the sand but were a little more dubious of the sea!!
The allotments association entered the local scarecrow competition this year...the theme was books so we chose 'The Hungry Caterpillar' as it meant we could incorporate some fruit from the plots....we didn't win but we were quite pleased with the entry that Juliette and I made.
I also participated in the R.S.P.C.A. 'Big Walkies' event last weekend along with my Dad and Juliette and Annabel. Of course Trojan, Louie and Barney were the stars and raised over £250 between them for the charity.
That's about all I have for now. I hope you have all had productive summers and are all well. I will leave you with a couple of photos of the 'Big Walkies' event and share some other photos of what I have talked about later in the week.
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| Annabel and Barney |
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| My Dad, Myself, Louie and Trojan. |
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| Juliette, Annabel and Barney. |
That looks like a big event. Good job Trojan, Louie and Barney for raising all that money
ReplyDeleteIt did turn out to be a big event Ann, very well attended for a very good cause.
DeleteWelcome Back! Happy fall! Looking forward to your posts. Life has a way of happening and that means we have take a break to deal with life's issues.
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Thanks Velva.
DeleteI was just looking at the link to your site on my blog and thinking that I hoped you'd have a new post soon. A scarecrow competition would be great fun. I've never seen a scarecrow even though I live in the center of farming country in the US. I did dress up in a scarecrow costume one year for Halloween. I sat next to my front porch and scared the other kids who didn't think there was a a real person there until I moved.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ratty, nice to be missed :-) The scarecrow competition was fun...tell you all about it soon. I bet you got some great jumps from the kids that halloween.
DeleteGlad to see you again! Can you tell us more about the summer weather in a future post please?
ReplyDeleteHey tpals, will do a summer weather post later in the week.
DeleteGood to have you and hear your news. I hope things get easier from now on.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue...one day at a time. xx
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